I'm Confused (As Per Usual)
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 9:21 pm
So,
Decided to do a Profile 4 calibration ride. I then decided to test positions on a closed, 3.4 mile loop. I wanted to compare riding on the tops versus the drops. I did 4 loops on the tops and 3 loops on the drops. Unfortunately, I had auto-lap on for the first lap and I got a 3 second "lap." Attached are my files. I can't make heads or tails of it (what I got doesn't make sense; seemed to suggest no real difference between drops and hoods). A few notes:
1) I put on Turbo Cotton tires and latex tubes today. They have very low rolling resistance apparently. As per usual, my initial setup decided to put .006 for my RR, which is far from correct. I think it's more like .0033.
2) The weather deteriorated a bit over the course of the test. It started sprinkling rain a little and seemed to get a little windier during the drops segments.
3) I did not hold my power consistently. Treated it like a tempo ride and was feeling a bit warmed up the further I got. The power from my DFPM ranged from 228 normalized to 293 normalized on the final lap.
4) It is not a flat loop, but as flat as it gets here (85 feet per lap, 700ish for the test).
Files attached.
Decided to do a Profile 4 calibration ride. I then decided to test positions on a closed, 3.4 mile loop. I wanted to compare riding on the tops versus the drops. I did 4 loops on the tops and 3 loops on the drops. Unfortunately, I had auto-lap on for the first lap and I got a 3 second "lap." Attached are my files. I can't make heads or tails of it (what I got doesn't make sense; seemed to suggest no real difference between drops and hoods). A few notes:
1) I put on Turbo Cotton tires and latex tubes today. They have very low rolling resistance apparently. As per usual, my initial setup decided to put .006 for my RR, which is far from correct. I think it's more like .0033.
2) The weather deteriorated a bit over the course of the test. It started sprinkling rain a little and seemed to get a little windier during the drops segments.
3) I did not hold my power consistently. Treated it like a tempo ride and was feeling a bit warmed up the further I got. The power from my DFPM ranged from 228 normalized to 293 normalized on the final lap.
4) It is not a flat loop, but as flat as it gets here (85 feet per lap, 700ish for the test).
Files attached.